Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra



			38 Years and Growing… The Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra was founded in 1970 by Leonard Slatkin to acquaint young musicians with the atmosphere of a professional orchestra and to provide them with the opportunity to study and perform a wide spectrum of symphonic music. The Orchestra members come from the entire Saint Louis area and range from 12–22 years of age. The Youth Orchestra rehearses and performs major symphonic repertoire, presents three concerts a year at Powell Symphony Hall and is directed by a staff conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Admission to the Youth Orchestra is by audition only. REQUIREMENTS • A member must participate in his or her school music program • A member is expected to attend all concerts and rehearsals • A member should practice the Youth Orchestra repertoire between rehearsals • Annual tuition of $525 (limited ﬁnancial aid available) • $12 nonrefundable audition fee (check payable to SLSYO) ELIGIBILITY Students between the ages of 12–22 who have never played in the Youth Orchestra are invited to play the preliminary audition. Audition appointments will be scheduled after the completed application and fee is received. JUDGING All auditions are judged on accuracy of intonation, rhythm, style and general preparation and musicianship. The Youth Orchestra conductor(s) and/or members of the Saint Louis Symphony will hear the preliminary auditions. Preliminary audition results will be mailed to the applicant’s home. Application Deadline May 1, 2008 Preliminary Auditions May 9–10, 2008 Preliminary auditions will be by appointment only at the Washington University Music Building located at 560 Trinity Avenue at Delmar. PRELIMINARY AUDITION REPERTOIRE • 1 major scale and 1 minor scale (melodic form) of student’s choice. Each scale must include at least 3 or more sharps or flats, two octaves (three octaves where possible) and be played at quarter note = 60–88, playing 16th notes. • A 3–5 minute unaccompanied solo of the student’s choice. If playing a concerto, play the exposition of one movement (if clearly deﬁned), or 3–5 minutes total. If playing a piece or an etude, play portions of contrasting sections if there are both slow and fast portions (or two short pieces, one slow and one fast, not to exceed 5 minutes total). Attached is a list of suggested solo repertoire. This list indicates the approximate minimum level of the players in the Youth Orchestra. Final Auditions September 3–6, 2008 Final auditions will be by appointment only at Powell Symphony Hall located at 718 North Grand Boulevard. Final auditions are for students who pass the preliminary audition and former members wishing to re-audition. For the ﬁnals, students are asked to play a solo of their choice (it may be the same solo used in the preliminary auditions if applicable) and excerpts from orchestral repertoire, which will be sent about 2–3 weeks before the ﬁnals with the ﬁnal audition appointment time. Scales and/or sight-reading may be requested at the ﬁnals. Concerts Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 3pm Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 3pm Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 3pm Ticket prices: $8, 12, 14 in advance; $12, 16, 18 day of concert Suggested Repertoire The following is a list of repertoire for each instrument, indicating the minimum technical level of the Youth Orchestra and the orchestral repertoire it presents. If a person does not yet play all of the works listed, it does not mean there is no chance of being accepted. These are guides for applicants and their teachers. There are many other works that are appropriate for auditioning. It is expected that the scales be memorized. VIOLIN concertos such as Any Mozart; Viotti #23; Bach; Mendelssohn; Bruch pieces Kreisler Praeludium & Allegro; solo Bach etudes/technical studies Kreutzer; Rode; Dont scales All major and minor scales (3 octaves) VIOLA concertos such as J.C. Bach; Telemann; Stamitz Concerto in D major pieces solo Bach etudes/technical studies Kreutzer or Mazas scales All major and minor scales (3 octaves) CELLO concertos such as Haydn Concerto in C major (1st movement) Saint-Saëns; Boccherini; Elgar; Lalo (2nd movement of Lalo and Saint-Saëns Allegro appassionato NOT recommended) pieces Samartini Sonata; solo Bach etudes/technical studies Duport; Schroeder Books 1-3 scales All major and minor scales (3 octaves) BASS concertos such as Capuzzi; Dragonetti; Dittersdorf; Koussevitzky pieces Marcello; Handel; Telemann; Vivaldi sonatas; solo Bach etudes/technical studies Storch-Hrabe (Volume 1) scales All major and minor scales (2 octaves —q = 60, play 8th notes) FLUTE concertos such as Mozart Concertos in G or D major pieces Chaminade—Concertino: Bach, Poulenc, Hindemith, or Martinu sonatas etudes/technical studies Cavelly—Melodious and Progressive Studies, Book 2 and above; Taffenal; Gaubert scales All major and minor scales OBOE concertos such as Haydn; Marcello; Mozart; Handel in B-flat major and G minor pieces Handel sonatas etudes/technical studies Barrett or Ferling scales All major and minor scales CLARINET It is recommended that you be able to transpose. concertos such as Mozart; Weber Concertino pieces Hindemith or Saint-Saëns sonatas etudes/technical studies Rose 32 Etudes or 40 Etudes scales All major and minor scales (to high G) including chromatic BASSOON concertos such as Mozart; Weber; Vivaldi concertos pieces Telemann or Hindemith sonatas etudes/technical studies Weissenborn, Advanced; Milde Book 1 scales All major and minor scales HORN It is recommended that you be able to transpose. concertos such as Any Mozart; Strauss Concerto No. 1 pieces Hindemith Sonata etudes/technical studies Kopprasch Volume 1; Apphonse Book 3 scales All major and minor scales TRUMPET It is recommended that you be able to transpose. concertos such as Arutyunyan; Hummel; Haydn concertos pieces Hindemith Sonata; H. Stevens Sonata etudes/technical studies Brandt (Part 1) scales All major and minor scales TROMBONE concertos such as David; Albrechtsberger; L. Gro/ndahl, 1st mt. pieces Guilmant Morceau Symphonique; Sulek Sonata etudes/technical studies Rochut; Melodious Etudes; Blazevich scales All major and minor scales TUBA concertos such as Vaughan Williams pieces Bach Bell-Air and Bourée etudes/technical studies Blazevich or Bordogni scales All major and minor scales PERCUSSION & TIMPANI Suggested excerpts for orchestral percussion below. snare drum such as Podemski Etude No. 45; Prokofiev Lt. Kije excerpt triangle Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 excerpt tambourine Dvorák Carnival Overture excerpt cymbals Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto excerpt; Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 4th movement, last 21 bars bass drum Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, 4th movement, last 21 bars timpani Saul Goodman Etude; Vick Firth Etudes for 3 & 4 Timpani xylophone Kabalevsky; Colas Breugnon; Shostakovich Polka (Goldenberg Xylophone Method) bells Tchaikovsky Waltz from Sleeping Beauty scales All major and minor scales (to high G) including chromatic To receive an application, please contact Peggy Neilson, Youth Orchestra Manager and Education Programs Coordinator, at (314) 286-4407 or peggyn@slso.org.